Vancouver Whitecaps vs Austin — Tips & Analysis

Under 3.5: These two produce very little when they meet. The last ten meetings averaged just over 2 goals, and two of the last five ended 0-0. That is the anchor for wanting a quiet game. Austin are the bigger reason. They barely score away from home, under a goal a game across nine trips, and they have lost five of them. Their last five games were 1-1, 1-1, 2-1, 0-2 and 1-1, so nothing is getting away from them. Uzuni is out, and Austin lose their main route to a goal. Vancouver are the best team in the West on 46 points from 23 games, but they are not a runaway scoring side. Only 9 of their last 20 games had 3 or more goals. They are also missing six players, including Poku in attack, so a patched-up team may be happy to control this rather than chase it. A 2-0 home win is the most likely score, and a night like that suits us. The clear danger is that Vancouver have put three past the Galaxy and five past Dallas at BC Place lately. If Austin crack early, this can run away in a hurry. We still back the low-scoring pattern these two keep serving up.